Winter Weather comes to South Texas

Take a water hose and a tree and voila! Ice Art. Found in the front yard of a home on County Road 1986 between Aransas Pass and Ingleside.

Abby Trudeau, 9, and father, Scott Trudeau, begin a long descent down an ice-blanketed hill at Cole Park on Friday morning.

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Coated with ice, a horse has a morning snack in a field on Farm-to-Market Road 1069 in Aransas Pass on Friday morning.

A bird flies into the distance along Farm-to-Market Road 1069 in Aransas Pass Friday morning.

Precipitation freezes on a tree Friday morning

A.J. Leija scraps ice off his windshield Friday.

SPID is cleared of traffic after being shut down Thursday night because of the ice storm.

A rare moment as South Padre Island Drive is clear of all traffic Friday morning.

Ice hangs off a clothes line in Corpus Christi on Friday morning.

Ice covered trees were the norm in Corpus Christi Friday morning. The National Weather Service had 3/8 of an inch of ice at 6 a.m.

Ice covered the grass in the Flour Bluff area.

The overpass leading to South Business Highway 35 from Aransas Pass remained closed as of 9:30 a.m.

Deserted streets in Portland Friday morning.

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Ice coats a plants in Aransas Pass on Friday morning. The overnight low was the upper 30s in much of the Coastal Bend.

Ice covers grass Friday at the intersection of Sacramento and Topango streets in Portland.

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Ryan Ruiz, 7, enjoys a slide down an ice-laden hill at Cole Park on Friday morning.

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Kelsey Trudeau, 12, gets a push from her father, Scott Trudeau, Friday morning while sledding down an icy hill at Cole Park.

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Fish killed by the cold water washed up Friday along the shores of Oso Bay. Most fish were small, and no trout or redfish had washed ashore, said Patrick Thomas, who took this photo.

Fish killed by the cold water washed up Friday along the shores of Oso Bay. Most fish were small, and no trout or redfish had washed ashore, said Patrick Thomas, who took this photo.

Barricades block drivers from going onto Nueces Causeway Friday.

Chris Kim waits at a barricade at the entrance of the Nueces Bay Causeway Friday afternoon hoping to get to his condo on North Beach soon. Chris said officials have told him that they will open the causeway shortly... it's been about 45 minutes so far. Kim has been trying to get home since leaving his 12-hour shift at Citgo at 5:30 a.m.

A wrecker pulls a truck from off the road in Taft Friday.

Michael Zamora/Caller-Times The Crosstown Expressway is empty Friday after authorities closed all major freeways in the city following an overnight freeze.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times The Crosstown Expressway is empty Friday after authorities closed all major freeways in the city following an overnight freeze.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Icy ramps on the normally busy Crosstown Expressway and South Padre Island Drive interchange are empty Friday after authorities closed all major freeways in the city following an overnight freeze.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Jaime Villanueva, on his way to work, stops to help a motorist get her vehicle back onto the Leopard Street after it slid up onto the sidewalk Friday.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Grass off Airline Road is covered in ice after a winter storm moved through the area Friday.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Cameron Goodwin tries to walk across a patch of ice without falling as he makes his way through downtown Friday.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES A chain-link fence is encased in ice after a winter storm moved through the area Friday.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Melina Pineda changes out her frozen windshield wipers Friday as she tries to defrost her car and head to work outside her home.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Kira Fisher, 10, walks past a frosted palm tree Friday as she walks over to a friend's house in Corpus Christi. "This is the coolest thing I've ever seen," she said about all the ice.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Rudy Bernal uses the point on his tire iron to scrape away the ice off his car windshield Friday outside his apartment complex.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times A leaf is encased in ice Friday after freezing rain coated the area.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Ice coats plants and trees across the city Friday after an overnight wintry mix rained down on the area.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times A thick sheet of ice covers the flyover from the Crosstown Expressway to South Padre Island Drive on Friday. Major freeways were shutdown after an overnight mix of sleet and ice made bridges and overpasses dangerous for motorists.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Icy ramps on the normally busy Crosstown Expressway and South Padre Island Drive interchange are empty Friday after authorities closed down all major freeways in the city following an overnight freeze.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES A parking meter along Antelope Street is covered in ice after a winter storm moved through the area Friday.